Comparative cell wall core biosynthesis in the mycolated pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Corynebacterium diphtheriae

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-250

  Dover, Lynn G ^a   Cerdeño Tárraga, Ana M ^b   Pallen, Mark J ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cell wall; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Genomics; Glycosyltransferase; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycolata; Polyisoprenoid carrier lipids

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GALACTAN; LIPID; MYCOLIC ACID; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PYROPHOSPHATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CLAISEN CONDENSATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG TARGETING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1942421808     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2003.10.001     Document Type: Review

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